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US approves Sweden, Finland NATO, Turkey warns of conditions
US President Joe Biden signed Washington’s approval for Sweden and Finland to join the North Atlantic Treaty Alliance (NATO) on Tuesday, describing it as a “watershed moment” for European and global stability.
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Biden, Kadhimi meet ahead of summit on security in Jeddah
US President Joe Biden and Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi met ahead of the Jeddah Security and Development Summit hosted by Saudi Arabia on Saturday, July 16, and released a shared statement.
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Biden-Erdogan meeting stresses on maintaining stability in Syria
According to a White House statement, the meeting between the presidents of Turkey and the United States stressed on the need to maintain stability in Syria.
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Biden asks Congress to approve F-16 arms deal with Turkey
The Biden administration has asked congressional leaders to approve the sale of advanced weapons and other equipment for Turkey’s fleet of F-16 jet fighters, The Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday.
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Erdogan may lose power as the Putin regime weakens / Turkmen Terzi
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan’s Justice and Development Party (AKP) enjoyed strong public support during the first decade of its 20-year rule, but since the December 2013 corruption investigations, in which the close circle of then-prime minister Erdoğan was implicated, the party has been involved in the establishment of an oppressive regime to cover up the crimes committed by party members and to stay in power. Erdogan moved away from Europe’s democratic norms to avoid accountability and in the process built a strong economic and political relationship with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Following a controversial coup attempt in Turkey on July 15, 2016, he continued destroying Turkey’s democratic institutions and built an illiberal authoritarian regime. Whether or not Putin will be successful in occupying Ukraine, Western powers have already isolated the Putin regime through harsh economic sanctions, and Erdogan may not be able to continue his draconian regime in Turkey without the support of Putin.
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YPG is biggest issue between Ankara and Washington: Turkish FM
Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar said US support for the Syrian Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) was the main issue between his country and the United States, Turkish media reported on Sunday, January 23.
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Expert says US-Turkey ties will remain transactional
Turkey-U.S. relations will remain within the confines of transactionalism and the two sides will work together on an issue-by-issue basis, Dimitar Bechev, Europe’s Futures Fellow at the Institute of Human Sciences in Vienna, wrote in an article for Al Jazeera on Saturday.
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Mazlum Kobane says Russia opposes further Turkish land grabs
Mazlum Kobane, commander in chief of the Syrian Democratic Forces, also says Damascus is not yet ready for negotiations.
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Biden instructs National Security Team to help Iraq after PM assassination attempt
US President Joe Biden has condemned the attack on the residence of Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi, saying that he had instructed the national security team to offer assistance to Iraq.
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America's presence in Syria is in the interest of US national security: former special envoy
The former US special envoy for Syria said that the US presence in Syria is in the interest of the US national security and that is why most US decision-makers agree to continue to maintain it, especially given the extensive movements of the ISIS in Syria and Iraq.
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Biden and Erdogan meet amid tension over defense, human rights
U.S. President Joe Biden met with his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan on the sidelines of the G20 meeting in Rome on Sunday amid a request from Turkey for F-16 fighter jets and tension over human rights.
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Biden to warn Erdogan against impulsive actions in Sunday meeting: official
U.S. President Joe Biden is set to his meet his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday, when he will warn the latter against impulsive actions that would fail to benefit Washington-Ankara relations, Reuters reported on Saturday, citing a U.S. official said on Saturday.
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Turkish, US officials hold talks amid rumours over possible Turkey attack on northern Syria
Top US and Turkish officials spoke on Wednesday, October 28, to address disagreements on multiple fronts.
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US presence prevents Turkey from attacking Syrian Kurds, says analyst
Due to the US presence in northeastern Syria, Turkey will not launch a military strike against the Syrian Kurds, Dr. Joseph Daher, a researcher on Syria issues, told Kurdpress, adding that Russia is not unwilling to allow Turkey to develop its controlled areas in northern Syria.
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Turkey plans military action with the U.S., Russia against Syrian Kurds
Turkey is preparing for possible further military action against a U.S.-backed Kurdish militia in northern Syria if talks on the issue with the United States and Russia fail, two Turkish officials said.
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Biden strongly blames Turkey military operations in Syria Kurdish-controlled regions
US President Joe Biden called Turkey military offensive in the Kurdish-controlled areas of Syria an obstacle to fight ISIS, endangering civilian lives and endangering US national security.
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After Jordan, will Turkey take the plunge with Assad? / Amberin Zaman
After the Jordanian king spoke by phone with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad for the first time since the Syrian conflict began over 10 years ago, Turks are now asking if Ankara will be next to reconcile.
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US senators urge Biden to hold Erdogan accountable for crackdown on HDP
Ten U.S. senators penned an open letter to President Joe Biden on September 30 asking him to “forcefully condemn” Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan over his government's crackdown on the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP).
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Syrian Kurds, opposition take cases to Washington / Elizabeth Hagedorn
Delegations from Kurdish-held northeast Syria and the Turkey-backed Syrian National Coalition will meet separately with US officials this week.
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Iraq, US presidents reaffirm efforts to hold ‘transparent' polls in Iraq
Iraqi President Barham Salih and his U.S. counterpart Joe Biden on Tuesday reaffirmed efforts to hold “credible and transparent” elections in Iraq, according to the White House.
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US should warn Kurds before pulling out of Syria: representative
The United States should warn the Syrian Kurds if it makes a decision to withdraw from the country, and carry out such a pullout step by step, Syrian Democratic Council Representative in the United States and member of the Presidential Committee, Bassam Saker, told Sputnik.
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Joe Biden congratulates Iraq on hosting regional summit
U.S. President Joe Biden on Saturday congratulated the Iraqi government on hosting a “successful and ground-breaking” regional summit in Baghdad.
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Joe Biden says US has no military force in Syria
The US President claimed that his country does not have any military forces in Syria.
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Why a Turkish dictator let himself lose an election / Nicholas Danforth
Turkey's second president Ismet Inonu surprised the world by stepping down in 1950. Could Erdogan do the same after the 2023 elections?
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US sanctions on Turkey-backed Syria faction offer solace to Kurdish victims / Amberin Zaman
On Oct. 12, 2019, three days after Turkish forces invaded northeastern Syria with President Donald Trump’s blessings, a rising young Kurdish politician named Hevrin Khalaf was ambushed by Ahrar al-Sharqiyah, a Turkish-backed armed Sunni brigade, and savagely executed. When the militants were done with the 35-year-old, her body was riddled with bullets, the flesh from her scalp ripped off, and her leg and skull fractured from repeated blows. Apparently unworried about retribution, the militants posted a video of the war crime online.
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US expresses determination to keep backing YPG
U.S. Secretary of State for Political Affairs Victoria Nuland said that the United States would continue supporting the Syrian Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) despite Turkey's objections.